‘You treat “America” as some culturally monolithic thing, when it’s not.’ I second this. The United States alone are basically a loose collection of countries

‘You treat “America” as some culturally monolithic thing, when it’s not.’ I second this. The United States alone are basically a loose collection of countries held together by the dollar and a certain amount of federal guidance. I use the term “countries” in the broader sense of “land”; they don’t necessarily correspond to state boundaries. And this is to say nothing of the rest of America.